Late Registration
LP by Kanye West
Released	August 30th, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Hip-Hop
Length	62:43
Label	G.O.O.D. Music/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
Producer(s)	Kanye West Jon Brion Devon Harris Just Blaze
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Slant Magazine link
Kanye West chronology
Freshmen Adjustment (2005)	Late Registration (2005)	Good Ass Job (2006)

Late Registration is the second major label album release from Roc-A-Fella hip hop artist and producer Kanye West. It was released on August 30th, 2005, and debuted at #1, selling over 850,000 copies in its first week. Film composer Jon Brion was the co-executive producer of the album. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kanye West Kanye Omari West (pronounced KAHN-yay) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American record producer and rapper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Jump to: navigation, search A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... GOOD Music is a Hip Hop and R&B record label founded by music producer and rapper Kanye West. ... Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ... Def Jam is a hip-hop record label founded in 1984 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons with artists like LL Cool J, Run DMC and The Beastie Boys. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Jon Brion at The Sunset Tavern in Seattle (photo by Nadja Dee Tanaka) Jon Brion is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. ... Just Blaze (born Justin Smith) is an American hip hop music producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kanye West Kanye Omari West (pronounced KAHN-yay) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American record producer and rapper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Freshmen Adjustment is a compilation CD release from Roc-A-Fella artist Kanye West. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Good Ass Job will be the fourth major label album produced by hip-hop/R&B artist Kanye West. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kanye West Kanye Omari West (pronounced KAHN-yay) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American record producer and rapper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jon Brion at The Sunset Tavern in Seattle (photo by Nadja Dee Tanaka) Jon Brion is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. ...

The first single released from the album was "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", which contains a sample from the James Bond theme "Diamonds Are Forever" performed by Shirley Bassey. The song was originally a reference to his record label Roc-A-Fella, which is known for its "diamond" hand gesture. The title of the single and a subsequent remix (with Jay-Z) directly address the issue of conflict diamonds, which are a major factor in Sierra Leone's civil war. The second single released from Late Registration was "Gold Digger", which contains a vocal sample from Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman" sung by Jamie Foxx, who starred as Charles in the biopic Ray. It became his second single to top the Billboard Hot 100. The third single to be released will be "Heard 'Em Say" featuring Adam Levine from Maroon 5. A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... Shirley Bassey in 2000 Dame Shirley Bassey DBE (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ... Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Jump to: navigation, search A conflict diamond (also called a blood diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading armys war efforts. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ray Charles at the piano. ... Jump to: navigation, search DVD cover for The Jamie Foxx Show. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ray is a 2004 film biography of Ray Charles. ... Heard Em Say is set to be the third single released from Kanye Wests second album, Late Registration. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adam Levine Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979, Los Angeles) is the lead singer/guitarist for the rock/pop group Maroon 5. ... Jump to: navigation, search The members of Maroon 5 (from left to right): Jesse, Ryan, Adam, James and Mickey. ...

Track listing

1. "Wake Up, Mr. West"
2. "Heard 'Em Say" (featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5)
3. "Touch The Sky" (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
4. "Gold Digger" (featuring Jamie Foxx)
5. "Skit #1"
6. "Drive Slow" (featuring Paul Wall and GLC)
7. "My Way Home" (featuring Common)
8. "Crack Music" (featuring The Game)
9. "Roses"
10. "Bring Me Down" (featuring Brandy)
11. "Addiction"
12. "Skit #2"
13. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z)
14. "We Major" (featuring Nas and Really Doe)
15. "Skit #3"
16. "Hey Mama"
17. "Celebration"
18. "Skit #4"
19. "Gone" (featuring Cam'Ron and Consequence)

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• "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Original Version)
• "We Can Make It Better" (Exclusive to Japan and UK version only)
• "Back To Basics Ft. Common" (Exclusive to Japan version only)
• "Late"

Diamonds from Sierra Leone was the first single from Kanye Wests second album, Late Registration. ...

Charts

Singles

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Chart trajectory

See also

• Kanye West
• The College Dropout
• Adam Levine
• Lupe Fiasco
• Jamie Foxx
• Paul Wall
• GLC (rapper)
• Common (rapper)
• The Game (rapper)
• Brandy
• Jay-Z
• Nas
• Really Doe
• Cam'Ron
• Consequence (rapper)
• Tony Williams (singer)
• Jon Brion

Jump to: navigation, search Kanye West Kanye Omari West (pronounced KAHN-yay) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American record producer and rapper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The College Dropout is the debut album released by rapper Kanye West in 2004. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adam Levine Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979, Los Angeles) is the lead singer/guitarist for the rock/pop group Maroon 5. ... Lupe Fiasco first became known to the mainstream Hip-Hop community in 2005 when he appeared on Kanye Wests sophomore album Late Registration. ... Jump to: navigation, search DVD cover for The Jamie Foxx Show. ... Jump to: navigation, search Paul Wall (born Paul Slayton on March 30, 1980) is an American rapper, DJ, and promoter from the 5900 block of Southlea, Houston, Texas. ... GLC GLC is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. ... Jump to: navigation, search Common Common (aka Common Sense, born Lonnie Rashied Lynn in 1972) is a Chicago-based hip hop artist. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Game The Game (born Jayceon Taylor on November 27, 1979 in Compton, California) is a rapper signed to Aftermath Entertainment. ... Brandy on the cover of her album Full Moon Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi), known professionally as Brandy, is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Nas or NAS can refer to multiple things: Nas (b. ... Jump to: navigation, search Camron (real name Cameron Giles) (born February 4, 1976) is a popular African-American rapper from Harlem, New York. ... Consequence Consequence is an American Hip Hop artist, he is most notable for appearing frequently on A Tribe Called Quests Beats, Rhymes and Life, and has recently re-emerged on a series of tracks with Kanye West, as well as featuring on the song Spaceship off Wests The... Jon Brion at The Sunset Tavern in Seattle (photo by Nadja Dee Tanaka) Jon Brion is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. ...

External links

• KanyeWest.Com - Official Site
• Kanye West - Late Registration lyrics